Cicadas come out of the ground every so many years depending on the species. This past summer, two species showed up in Adobe Valley, between Lee Vining and Benton: Okanagana bella (black with red markings) and Okanagana gibbera (black with tan markings). O. bella was known to be in that area, O. gibbera was not. In fact, it was a surprise. O. gibbera is in Nevada, but it is only found in a few places in California. So, has it always been in Adobe Valley and we just didn’t know it or has it moved westward and is coming into California?

O. bella		O. gibbera

More information about cicadas.

Distribution of O. gibbera (blue circles).

Distribution of O. bella (red circles).The Okanagana bella is known as the mountain cicada and lives in the Rocky Mountains of Canada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, and in the Sierra Nevada in California.